Polling shows Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s popularity has surpassed his Democrat counterpart, Tim Walz.
Rasmussen Reports surveyed 1,050 likely voters between October 1-3 and found Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) with a 50 percent favorability rating and a 42 percent unfavorable rating. That puts him eight points above water, which is quite rare for a politician, especially a national politician, in these polarizing times.
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), however, is two points underwater. His favorability rating is eight points below Vance’s at 42 percent, while his unfavorable rating is two points higher than both Vance’s unfavorable rating and his own favorable rating at 44 percent.
Among females, 47 percent view Vance favorably, while only 42 percent say the same about Walz. While 50 percent of Hispanics view Walz favorably, JD Vance is seen favorably by 59 percent of Hispanics.
Among black voters, only 56 percent view Walz favorably (a dreadful number for a Democrat), while 38 percent of black voters view Vance favorably (a great number for a Republican).
“After Democrat Tim Walz and Republican J.D. Vance met in their only televised debate, the GOP vice presidential candidate gets higher marks from voters,” writes the